HCDS 300 Population Health and Preventative Care

In this course, students will learn about the multiple determinants of health, how to measure health status, how health behaviors can be modified through social marketing, and how health disparities and socioeconomic status influence population health status. Students will come to understand the social mission of health care organizations and how they might work through social and behavioral determinants of health to improve overall health status, particularly as health care organizations adopt medical home models and begin to work with bundled and capitated payment systems.